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US sanctions Russian operatives, entities linked to poisoning of Aleksey N
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): The US Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned Russian operatives and entities linked to the poisoning of opposition figure Aleksey Navalny.
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Pentagon acknowledges presence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): The United States on Friday acknowledged the presence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan amid its large-scale evacuation from the war-torn country.
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Afghan baby at Kabul airport handed back to father after receiving treatme
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A viral video of an Afghan baby being handed over the walled perimeter of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul showed US Marines taking the baby to be treated at a hospital at the facility, Defense Department Spokesperson John Kirby said on
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US Deputy Secy of State discusses Afghan rights with top Uzbek diplomat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman discussed ways to protect human rights in Afghanistan with Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, following the swift Taliban takeover.
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Biden describes scenes of 'desperate people' in Afghanistan as 'gut wrench
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday described the images emerging out of Afghanistan as "gut-wrenching", showing people "acting out of sheer desperation," hoping to get out of the country following the Taliban's siege of Kabul.
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'Ready to follow in my father Ahmad Shah Massoud's footsteps': Son of late
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): Ahmad Massoud, the son of famous Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud and one of the leaders of the resistance against the Taliban, is now ready to follow the footsteps of his father and take up arms against the terrorist group after they seized Kabul a
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US Capitol bomb suspect surrenders to authorities
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): A 49-year-old suspect who threatened to detonate a bomb near the US Capitol building surrendered after negotiations, ending an hours-long standoff, US media reports said on Thursday.
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6,000 people at Kabul airport processed for evacuation, will soon board pl
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): As many as 6,000 are at the Kabul airport right now who have been fully processed by the United States councillor team for evacuation and will soon board a flight, said a US State Department spokesperson.
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Biden meets with national security team, discusses updates in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with their national security team to discuss security, diplomatic and intelligence updates in Afghanistan, according to a White House official.
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EU, US 'deeply worried about Afghan women and girls'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 18 (ANI): US, European Union and several other countries, in a joint statement, expressed deep concern over the situation regarding women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan and urged the authorities to guarantee their protection.
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United Airlines re-routing affected flights around Afghanistan airspace
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 17 (ANI): United Airlines on Tuesday said that they have begun re-routing affected flights around Afghanistan airspace due to the dynamic nature of the situation there.
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Astronomers find a 'break' in one of Milky Way's spiral arms: NASA
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 17 (ANI): NASA on Tuesday announced scientists have spotted a previously unrecognized feature of our Milky Way galaxy: A contingent of young stars and star-forming gas clouds is sticking out of one of the Milky Way's spiral arms like a splinter poking out from a pl
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